About Us
A brief bio of Will FraserFugue State Films makes engaging and engrossing films about classical music for the discerning viewer released digitally or as beautifully-produced multi-DVD boxsets. Reviews include: ‘You should buy this set. Mortgage your house, but get it!’ (Musicweb International).
Every recent film has been ‘DVD of the month’ in Gramophone Magazine, and awards include ‘Best DVD’ in the BBC Music Magazine Awards twice, and the Deutschen Schallplattenkritikpreis three times. Fugue State even made the six o’clock news in New Zealand.
Fugue State Films was founded by Will Fraser in 2007. He grew up in the west of England and the east of Canada. He was educated at three contrasting universities, Dalhousie in Canada, Cambridge in the UK, and the University of Mississippi in the USA. His films about music include Martinikerk Rondeau, The Genius of Cavaillé-Coll, Maximum Reger, The Great Toccata and Messiaen’s Musical Universe. He is currently making The Organ in America.
He also writes fiction, and his first novel, Cloister, was published in 2025. He is fascinated by America and has made three films about the country so far – Soul Searching for the Blues, Once Upon a Time in Knoxville and Cowboy and Preacher: the Life and Times of Tri Robinson. This last film premiered in Hollywood at the 2018 Dances with Films festival, and had prime time broadcasts nationally across the USA on PBS World.
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Cloister – a Novel by Will Fraser – Paperback
£7.99Matthew, an ambitious assistant organist is in conflict with his lazy director of music, an unworthy boss. While Matthew strives to excel in this uneasy milieu, he is further destabilised by the thrilling attractions of Chloë, a blues singer. This relationship involves him in the resolution of a homicide … but has the murderer returned?
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The Organ in America
Price range: £38.50 through £30,000.00Help us celebrate the fascinating complexities of America's organ music past, and the wonders of its contemporary organ builders.
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The Harmonious Handel
£12.50Handel's Carillon, The Harmonious Blacksmith's Suite, and rare gems for the harpsichord played by Colin Booth.
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Bach: The Great Toccata – Buy DVD
£16.50Bach is arguably the greatest of all composers, and certainly the greatest composer who wrote for the organ. Daniel Moult, explores the extraordinary Toccata and Fugue in D minor, an instantly recognisable masterpiece that is one of the most popular pieces of music ever written.
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Cloister – a Novel by Will Fraser – Hardback
£18.99Matthew, an ambitious assistant organist is in conflict with his lazy director of music, an unworthy boss. While Matthew strives to excel in this uneasy milieu, he is further destabilised by the thrilling attractions of Chloë, a blues singer. This relationship involves him in the resolution of a homicide … but has the murderer returned?
